Sunday, September 24, 2017

Happy Birthday to someone! I always find that I need birthday cards and as my kids (and their friends) age, I've had to age my designs as well. The card I'm sharing today could easily be for a boy or girl. It's funny how color alone can influence that! It was fun creating it using some goodies from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps. I finally broke out my Ticket Sentiments and matching dies . On sale now and good news for you...the dies are FREE when you purchase Ticket Sentiments for yourself! How cool is that?

I used a bunch of paper scraps to create all of those fun tickets. I find it easier to die cut the shape and then stamp on it. This is such a fun set!

To finish off the whole card, I added a cupcake and sentiment from Birthday Bash (retired), also from Sweet N Sassy stamps.

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Happy Saturday, Sweet Friends! I honestly cannot wrap my head around the idea that I
am already making Christmas Cards!! It still feels like the dog days of summer--I'm wearing shorts for goodness sake! BUT, the Sweet N Sassy Christmas release
makes it hard to resist! You can see the full release HERE and you can order NOW and save!

Coloring has always been therapeutic for me. The various trees in the Christmas Topiaries
set are just perfect for some focused art therapy. On both cards, I've
water colored using distress inks and Fabiano hot press water color
paper.

I
saw this fun idea--to create a shaker card using acetate and sewing--in
an online video. After making an acetate pocket and filling with
pretties, I sewed it closed, added a topiary and sentiment from
Christmas Wishes....so easy, y'all.

My
second card features another beautiful topiary, pretty paper and some
messy sewing....my bobbin ran out and threatened a messy card, but I did
what we crafter's do and pretended it was all part of the plan....

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the wonderful sales and deals going on right now over at Sweet N Sassy stamps!

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Our pastor preached a week or so ago on this passage from Nehemiah----about how given his success, much was expected of him. Same for us.
It's easy to forget as we go through our day to day the ways in which
God blesses and ordains our work. I know this to be true. I work in a
tough environment. It's hard for me sometimes not to be overly focused
on the behaviors--some days, it's physical, other's it's attitudes.
Nevertheless, I've been blessed with opportunities to show the love of
Christ for the Glory of God. Just like Nehemiah.

I loved this message so much, I wanted to journal it so I could continue to go back and be reminded. I've used lots of goodies from Sweet 'N Sassy stamps to journal with--you should check them out!